The United States and Canada urged Vietnam on Friday to delay a vote on a
proposed cybersecurity law, the U.S. Embassy said, amid widespread concern the
law would cause economic harm and stifle online dissent in the communist-ruled
country.

The United States has raised concerns with Vietnam about its proposed
cybersecurity law, the US Embassy said on May 24, amid activists' fears the new
legislation will cause economic harm and crackdown on online dissent in the
communist-ruled country.

On 5 March the USS Carl Vinson made a port call to Danang, in central
Vietnam. It was the first time since the War (the Vietnam War to Americans, and
the American War to Vietnamese) that a US aircraft carrier anchored in
Vietnamese waters – by invitation this time – for an official visit.

More than a thousand people in Vietnam marked Friday’s 50th anniversary of
the My Lai massacre, the most notorious episode in modern U.S. military
history, with talk of peace and cooperation instead of hatred.

With American officials eager to counter China’s growing might to preserve
their nation’s global eminence, they would do better to accept a big power
relationship with Beijing and the best place to start is by ending provocations
that are behind tensions.

For the first time since the Vietnam War, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is
paying a visit to a Vietnamese port, seeking to bolster both countries’ efforts
to stem expansionism by China in the South China Sea.

The U.S. Navy will kick off its largest multilateral disaster-response
preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific region on Feb. 23, with a
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier scheduled to visit Vietnam in early March.

A Vietnamese company is no longer seeking American financial support to
build a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam, bringing to an abrupt end a closely
watched test of whether Washington would back international projects that could
potentially contribute to climate change.

The U.S. State Department wants to see Vietnam distance itself from Russian
arms deals and buy more weapons from the United States, but experts say the
cost and complication of American-made technologies could make that transition
hard fought.

EDITOR'S NOTE — Early on the morning of Jan. 31, 1968, as Vietnamese
celebrated the Lunar New Year, or Tet as it is known locally, Communist forces
launched a wave of coordinated surprise attacks across South Vietnam.

Vietnam declared a US-based group a "terrorist organisation" on Tuesday (Jan
30), a rare designation in the communist country, after some members were
convicted for plotting to attack Ho Chi Minh City's airport.

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis praised Vietnam on Wednesday for adhering
to sanctions against North Korea, saying at the start of a two-day visit to
Hanoi that its leadership on the issue came despite the costs associated with
lost trade.

After the 2016 election, hope remained in Hanoi that President Trump, once
in office, would turn from firebrand protectionist campaigner into a leader who
accepted the value of open trade — a cause in which the Vietnamese government
had invested so much in preparation for Vietnam's membership of the
Trans-Pacific Partnership.

From mobile phones to furniture, Vietnam's export boom shows no signs of
losing steam, defying a gloomy outlook at the beginning of the year when
President Donald Trump persisted with his trade threats.

Vietnam Airlines plans to launch direct flights to the United States late
next year, but local experts said the air route will cause big losses for the
national flag carrier, local media reported on Monday.